NTPC Ltd has shut down its 220 MW Barauni Thermal Power Station Stage 1 in Bihar.

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NTPC Ltd has shut down its 220 MW Barauni Thermal Power Station Stage 1 in Bihar. The 220 MW power unit was closed permanently on 31 March 2024. The Barauni Thermal Power Station Stage-I consisted of two units of 110 MW each. The thermal power plant in Begusarai district of Bihar has a total capacity of 720 MW. It comprised two units of 110 MW each and another two units of 250 MW each. NTPC bought the Barauni Thermal Power Station from the Bihar State Power Generation Company in December 2018. At that time, the power plant had two units of 110 MW each and two units of 250 MW each (under construction).


      The plant comprised Stage-I of two units of 110 MW and Stage-II of two units of 250 MW. The Stage-2 of the plant was commissioned in November 2021.

      The project has the coal linkage of Badam Coal Block, which was part of the transfer scheme.

     

 

     


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